01/24/2025
Copy and pasted from Members of ARBA- American Rabbit Breeders Association
If this bill passes it could eventually spread to other states
*****URGENT URGENT!!!!
Anyone who resides in CONNECTICUT or a connecting state, please write to oppose this bill! Connecticut House Bill 5902 would ban the breeding of any animals unless the person or company is licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is a major concern! Reptiles, amphibians, and fish are not regulated by the USDA, so you can not get a USDA license. This means the bill bans breeding herps and fish. Additionally, if you are a small breeder of mammals (rabbits) or birds (do not meet the USDA minimum numbers), you also are not regulated by the USDA and would not be able to continue breeding. Have a small flock of chickens where your hen goes Broody? Well now that would be illegal.
The bill also requires the Connecticut Department of Agriculture to create guidelines for the breeding of animals, develop a breeder registry, collect registration fees, and perform annual inspections of such breeders.
It was referred to the Joint Committee on Environment and introduced by Rep. Kerry Wood.
If you live in the area, do your due diligence. I do not live there and plucked this out of one of my other animal groups. I do not know what stage of being passed this bill is in.